Creative Arts Studio

The Creative Arts Studio is for adults who want to discover their creativity, relieve stress, take a break from everyday life and simply make something with their hands. You don’t need to know how to draw or paint. We don’t focus on how “beautiful” the end result is. What matters is the creative process, curiosity and the experience you can take with you.

Every Wednesday, we explore a new, engaging theme and try out different art techniques. These are creative-therapy evenings where, alongside the calming benefits of hands-on activities, you can also explore yourself and different aspects of personal growth. This is a chance to slow down for a while, play, experiment, discover something new and be yourself.

Participants have said that the creative arts evenings have helped them feel calmer and more emotionally balanced. They have learned a lot about themselves, experienced exciting new techniques and found their creativity beginning to flow. These evenings have offered a chance to step outside the everyday routine, switch off their thoughts and enter a state of creative flow.

What can the Creative Arts Studio offer you?
- A chance to discover and develop your creativity
- Support for your mental health
- The courage to experiment without fear of making mistakes
- Time for yourself and a chance to switch off from everyday life
- A variety of creative activities to help you relax and be present
- A chance to explore your thoughts, feelings and inner world through art
- An enjoyable, supportive experience of creating together in a small group

When: Wednesdays, 18:00–20:00
Where: Loovusstuudio, Masina 22, Tallinn

The group is led by creative therapist (MSc) and adult educator (MA) Jaana Ojakäär-Kitsing.

Autumn programme:
Each session has its own focus. We experiment, experience and play with the possibilities of art materials, explore different creative therapy methods for empowerment and support, and create art that comes from within. Join the creative arts group for the whole season for a complete experience.

Upcoming themes:

21 October — Intuitive painting
We make room for intuition, colours, shapes and the movement of the hand. We see what story the picture begins to tell when the mind briefly steps aside.

28 October — Creative adventures in a mini-book
We create our own mini-book. It’s a playful journey through a miniature world in a palm-sized book, where each page fills with colours, pictures, messages or meaningful thoughts.

4 November — My spirit animal
For the time of souls, we pause for a moment in the world of natural and symbolic creatures. What animal might carry my strength, wisdom or an important message? We find our spirit animal and create a meaningful picture of it.

11 November — My layers: what is visible and what is hidden?
We all have layers—roles, experiences, feelings, memories and different sides of ourselves. We explore these layers through art and create a picture in which some parts of ourselves may be visible and others remain hidden.

18 November — Stories in art
Art tells stories, and stories in turn inspire us to create art. We experience how a story we hear can express itself through art.

25 November — Kadripäev good fortune
Inspired by Kadripäev, we create a personal good-luck talisman that carries our own good wishes and strength.

2 December — A Zen moment and the art of being present
Before the end of the year, it’s time to pause for a moment. We draw inspiration from Eastern wisdom and focus on one moment—the one we are in now. This is an evening where less is more.

9 December — Traces of my transformation
Change can be slow and almost imperceptible, or great and life-changing. We look at change as a process and look back at the autumn season: what has shifted, changed or become clearer in me during this time? We create a picture of the traces of our transformation.

16 December — The good wishes post office
We end the autumn season by giving and sharing. We create personalised Christmas cards and write good wishes in them. We open our own little “Good Wishes Post Office”, from which each card can travel straight to the heart of someone dear.

Participation fee:
Joining the Creative Arts Studio group (limited to 8 participants):
Monthly fee in October and November: €80; in December: €60.*

*The monthly fee depends on the number of studio evenings that month: if there are 3 evenings, the monthly pass costs €60; for 4 evenings, €80; and for 5 evenings, €100. (With a monthly pass, each session costs €20.)

Single session, subject to availability: €25

All art materials and a short tea break are included in the price.

More information: jaana@loovuskohvik.ee and 56956921